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Unit 9 Wheels Lesson 4 Car Culture

Unit 9 Wheels Lesson 4 Car Culture. What happened?. What’s your feeling about this?. get stuck in traffic jams. feel stressed out. Traffic jam in the world. London. China. New York. Aucland. Oh really? It took me over an hour. There was an accident on the M11.

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Unit 9 Wheels Lesson 4 Car Culture

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  1. Unit 9 Wheels Lesson 4 Car Culture

  2. What happened? What’s your feeling about this? get stuck in traffic jams feel stressed out

  3. Traffic jam in the world London China New York Aucland

  4. Oh really? It took me over an hour. There was an accident on the M11. This morning it took me forty minutes to get to work. More road construction works on the A10! You’re both lucky. It took me two hours! You don’t have to use the M25. construction works

  5. Culture corner: There are 4 classifications of British road system. M roads are motorways which go long-distance and are free of pedestrian traffic, A roads are major routes that go from city to city, B roads are minor roads that usually go from towns, villages to cities, unclassified roads which are small roads that are usually country lanes. M roads ---- blue A roads ---- green B roads ---- orange

  6. stressed out angry tired Anger and stress arenothing compared to the real costsof the motor car. weather pollution deaths

  7. Traffic in Britain Read the article and make the choice quickly . Use the Reading Strategies to help you.

  8. How many cars are there in Britain: ____ • A.25 million B. 40 million 2. How much has the number of cars on the roads increased in Britain in the last ten years?: ____ A. 10% B. 30% 3. How many people die in road accidents in Britain every year? A. 3000 B. 7000 4. How many deaths are caused by air pollution per year? A. 10,000 B. 25,000 5. How much of carbon monoxide is produced by cars in London? A. 79% C. 99%

  9. What is the main idea of the first part? • accidents caused by cars • b. problems caused by cars • c. pollution caused by cars

  10. getting stuck in traffic jams arriving at work or school stressed out too many cars on the road too many deaths caused by road accidents some types of cancer are related to traffic pollution serious air pollution global warming and climate change

  11. What excuses do people make for using cars? • What advice can you think of to reduce the use of cars? • Whatexcusesdo British people make for carrying on using cars? • Whatadvicedoes Jenny Trowe give about how to give up cars?

  12. “The buses are terrible.” “The trains are always late!” “I haven’t got time to walk.” Peopleare addicted tocars! can’t stop doing sth.

  13. Advice about how to give up cars: 1. Use _______. 2. Use ____________. 3. ______ before you go. 4. ______ cars. 5. Don’t ________________! 6. ________ somehow! your legs public transport Think Share believe advertisements Take action

  14. Reasons for advice: Advantages of walking: Advantages of buses over cars: What to think before going: Advantages of sharing a car: Reasons for not believing advertisements: Actions we can take to make streets safer: save money, keep fit, live longer, cut the risk of heart disease reduce the number of cars, relax, read…, talk… go to nearby shops, whether…need to make that journey cheaper & kinder to the environment not true, not attractive, road…not empty, be stuck in a traffic jam talk to neighbours, write to the papers, go to the city government, ask for a speed limit, ask for a pedestrian area

  15. Reading for inference: What’s the writer’s attitude towards cars?

  16. 30% 25 million Over 3000 99% 25,000 0.5 degrees

  17. Personal Get stuck in traffic jams, arrive stressed out Problems Too many cars, too many deaths, cancer, air pollution, climate change Social Reasons Use your legs. Save money, keep fit Use public transport. Save the number of cars, relax Think before you go. Go to nearby shops Advice Share cars. Cheaper & kinder Don’t believe advertisements! Not true, be stuck in a traffic jam Take action somehow! Talk…, write…, go to…, ask for… Writer’s attitude

  18. accident, global warming, air pollution, carbon monoxide, traffic jam, stressed out, highway, tired, speed limit, pedestrian area, complain, angry, construction works Traffic

  19. air pollution carbon monoxide accident Global warming traffic jam Influence construction works Traffic stressed out highway speed limit Feeling & behaviour tired Road angry pavement complain crossroads pedestrian

  20. I’m sorry I must finish this article. I’ve got to pick up my daughter from school at four o’clock. Then I’ve got to drive to Sainsbury’s to do the shopping. After that I have to take my son to a party. And tomorrow we’re driving over to see my mother. The traffic’s going to be awful, but what can we do?

  21. I’m sorry I must finish this article. I’ve got to 1) pick up my daughter from school at four o’clock. Then I’ve got to 2) drive to Sainsbury’s to do the shopping. After that I have to 3) take my son to a party. And tomorrow we’re 4) driving over to see my mother. The traffic’s going to be awful, but what can we do?

  22. Homework: • Finish Ex 2,3 and 4 on page 84(language power) • Find at least two pieces of information about cars and problems caused by cars in China from the following: • - number of cars in China • - number of deaths caused by road accidents in China • - increase rate of cars in China per year • - things the Chinese government is doing to reduce carbon monoxide in the atmosphere • Thank you!

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